John P. Wares wareslab.genetics.uga.edu University of Georgia – Department of Genetics & Odum School of Ecology
Education B.S. in Zoology with Honors University of Oklahoma, 1995 Ph.D. in Zoology and Genetics Duke University, 2000
Postdoctoral Training University of New Mexico PI: Tom Turner, 2000-2002 University of California, Davis PI: Rick Grosberg, 2002-2004
Academic Positions Assistant Professor University of Georgia, 2005-2011 Associate Professor University of Georgia, 2011-present Visiting Lecturer UW - Friday Harbor Labs, summer 2016
Publications (n=90; 76 while at UGA) n.b. I tend to promote students and junior colleagues via 1st authorship, with senior authorship as last. I also have a philosophical goal in publishing as much in Open Access and low-cost journals as possible. ξ equal authorship *student
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2018 (2)
Wares, J. P., S. Crickenberger, A. F. Govindarajan, J. L. Hamrick, K. M. Skoczen, D. W. Trapnell, and D. S. Wethey. 2018. The cryptic population biology of Chthamalus fragilis Darwin, 1854 on the Atlantic coast of North America. J. Crustacean Biol., DOI: doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruy070. Ewers-Saucedo, C.* and J. P. Wares. 2018. Population connectivity and phylogeography of Crustaceans. In: G. Poore and M. Thiel, eds. Evolution and Biogeography. The Natural History of the Crustacea, vol. 8. in press.
2017 (5)
Ewers-Saucedo, C*., B. K. K. Chan, J. D. Zardus, and J. P. Wares. 2017. Parallel patterns of host-specific morphology and genetic admixture in sister lineages of a commensal barnacle. Biol. Bull. 232:171-185. Chandler, V. K*. and J. P. Wares. 2017. RNA expression and disease tolerance are associated with a “keystone mutation” in the ochre sea star Pisaster ochraceus. PeerJ 5:e3696; DOI 10.7717/peerj.3696 Govindarajan, A.F., M. R. Carman, M.R. Khaidarov, A. Semenchenko, J.P. Wares. 2017. Mitochondrial diversity in Gonionemus (Trachylina: Hydrozoa) and its implications